Chapter 294 Love Gu

  A group of people turned left and right and came to the Bishui Pavilion. As the name suggests, the Bishui Pavilion is built near the water, and there is a large artificial lake beside it.

  Across the lush flowers and plants, the sharp-eyed Lu Jingshu looked up and saw the prince standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back. As soon as her eyes lit up, she raised her skirt and was about to run over. But she was stopped by Shen Mingjiao raising her hand.

  Lu Jingshu turned her head in doubt, and Shen Mingjiao made a shush gesture to her, while her eyes turned to a corner. Lu Jingshu followed her gaze.

  I saw a small path on the opposite side, and an unremarkable maid was walking towards the courtyard. Even from a distance, Lu Jingshu could tell that this woman was definitely not just a maid.

  She blinked suspiciously, as if asking who is this woman? However, at the next moment, the woman started to trot, but stopped when she was approaching, and called softly to the backs of the people in the court: "Brother Prince, Qing'er is back!"

  Lu Jingshu's eyes widened. this voice! How...how could this be?

  At this moment, her mind was blank, she stared blankly at the prince and suddenly turned around when she heard the movement, obviously also surprised by Su Qing's appearance.

  At this time, Shen Mingjiao accidentally stepped on the dead branch under her feet, making a crisp "creak".

  The prince heard the reputation and came over, and met Lu Jingshu's eyes, and Lu Jingshu was meeting his shocked and painful eyes.

  Su Qing saw that the prince did not respond for a long time, what did he feel? Turning his head around, he saw this scene.

  She bit her lip, and the resentment in her eyes almost turned into substance. Since she was disfigured again a few days ago, her heart has become more paranoid and twisted.

  She stepped up to the pavilion and hugged the prince tightly from behind: "Brother Prince, Qing'er misses you so much!"

  The prince turned around, stared blankly at the strange face in front of him, and murmured "Qing'er" softly.

  Su Qing wrapped his arms around his waist tightly, tears came as soon as he said:

   "Yes, I'm back. You don't know how much I have suffered to survive! But when I thought about how sad you would be without me, I gritted my teeth and survived..."

  The prince didn't say anything, just hugged him gently in his arms.

  Lu Jingshu couldn't bear to watch anymore, she covered her face and ran away crying.

  Shen Mingjiao breathed a sigh of relief. After this incident, with Lu Jingshu's pride, she should not get involved with the prince again.

  She took one last look at the two people who were tightly embracing each other, then turned and left as if nothing had happened.

  In the gazebo, the two cuddled each other for a long time before the crown prince led Su Qing away quietly, obviously planning to hide them temporarily.

  Until there was no one in the pavilion, a woman in plain clothes came out from behind another hidden tree, it was Princess Xiyue.

  The servant girl, who was one step behind, saw the ugly face of the master, and carefully persuaded:

   "Princess, let's listen to Ye Gongzi! Although the crown prince is the heir, but he doesn't have military power in his hands, it's better to choose His Royal Highness King Su..."

  Princess Xiyue interrupted her with a cold face: "Why don't I know? But don't forget, although King Su is in charge of most of the army in Daxia, his mother and concubine are foreigners, and they are destined to miss the throne..."

  However, the main reason is that Su Wang is not easy to get along with, and there is also a notorious Su Wangfei, who feels that it is too difficult to control the other party.

  So she turned her eyes to the prince,

  Thinking of the scene she saw just now, Princess Xiyue tightened her handkerchief in anger.

  Before coming to Daxia, she was the aloof Princess Xiyue, the dream of all the men in Gaochang. Before she set off, she confidently assured the person on the high seat that she would live up to the cultivation of the other party for many years, rely on her beauty and means, marry into the royal family of Daxia, and become a favorite concubine like Su Daji who can influence the court.

  But since coming to Daxia, she has suffered setbacks repeatedly, and her unfailing beauty in the past seems to be unable to cause any waves here.

  Except for a useless king of Chu, the men of the Great Xia royal family seemed blind, no one could see her beauty at all.

But that's okay!

  She subconsciously touched a jade gourd hanging from her waist, which contained a pair of love Gu, which was given to her by the person before she came.

  She knew that this love gu was rare, so she was reluctant to use it—mainly because she didn't find the opportunity at all.

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  Shen Mingjiao wandered around the garden for a while, then returned to Shangyin Pavilion. With Su Qing tied to the crown prince, those noble ladies have no chance to make trouble.

  When she returned to Changxuan, she saw that the queen was not there, so she must have gone to the side hall,

  In the hall, a group of women gathered in twos and threes to chat. Large banquets like this are usually a good time for families to exchange gossip information.

   And some noble girls wandered around the imperial garden and tried to meet the prince but failed, so they had to come back, but the etiquette upbringing since childhood was placed there, and it was not obvious on the surface.

Shen Mingjiao casually glanced at the stands. At this time, the stage was performing juggling, and saw two young boys and girls flying around in the air with strings tied around their waists. Both of them were dressed festively. As they swayed, The red silk sash on her body is fluttering, and her performance can be regarded as remarkable.

   It should be the juggling troupe that the Queen said earlier that Uncle Wei Guo invited from outside.

  It's a pity that most of the female family members who can come here are born well, so this amazing performance that ordinary people see is nothing to them. Compared with watching performances, it is obviously more important to socialize with familiar or high-status wives.

   So much so that the performance in the stands was in full swing, but few people watched it.

  Shen Mingjiao walked into the side hall, walked around the screen, and saw Jing and Di were there, as well as the uncle Wei Che,

  At this time, she just heard Jing and Di ask the queen: "Which girl does Zitong think is suitable for Qi Yu?"

  Shen Mingjiao was a little embarrassed, and regretted coming to the side hall.

  At this time, the queen saw her and waved to her: "My brother and sister are back! Quick, come and do it."

  Shen Mingjiao had no choice but to sit down. When she sat down, the queen did not shy away, and said to Jing and the emperor:

   "These girls are all good, but Qi Yu has always been gentle. The concubine always hopes that he can find a more lively wife. The concubine thinks that the granddaughter of Kong Ji Restaurant is good, with a lively and straightforward personality."

  Shen Mingjiao thought about it, Kong Ji Restaurant's granddaughter named Kong Fanghua is indeed a pretty good girl. But with the crown prince in his current state, I'm afraid this will not happen.

  Jing and the emperor lowered their eyes and pondered, Guozijian Jijiu was the fourth grade official. Although the official position is not high, it has a lot of status among literati.

  He nodded: "I'll go back and ask Kong Aiqing."

   After all, even if it is a royal marriage, you have to ask the woman's parents.

   Several people casually chatted about trivial matters. Shen Mingjiao and the empress had been together for many years, so they were quite comfortable talking.

  During this period, Uncle Guo Wei Che has been sitting quietly. With his cool and dusty temperament, people will not find it strange, but they will only think that he is naturally calm.

   During the interval of speaking, the queen looked at her brother and couldn't help but sighed deeply: "How is sister-in-law recently?"

   Wei Che paused on his knuckles, put down the teacup slowly, and said, "It's okay."

  The queen didn't know what to say for a while, and sighed after a while: "She is also suffering in her heart, so you should take care of it."

  Wei Che lowered his eyes and hummed, his cold brows flashed with pain: "After all, I am sorry for her..."

  The queen couldn't bear to see him like this, so she couldn't help interrupting him. "It's not your fault, it's me..."

   Shen Mingjiao was scrupulous, she didn't say the rest of the words after all.

  Shen Mingjiao drank tea with downcast eyes, as if she didn't hear anything. Although she sometimes likes to listen to gossip, it is obvious that it involves the secret of the Wei family.

   But she can probably guess why.

   As we all know, Mrs. An Shunbo, also known as Wei Che's wife, has been bedridden for many years and almost never shows up in front of people. It has aroused many speculations from the outside world.

  However, the fact is that Mrs. Wei suffered from madness and was locked up in the yard all year round.

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